Russian civil war reds and whites

Question 1

what where the reds strengths

Answer 1

they had more troops and were better organised 
they had Trotsky 
they had secret police 
morale was high 
had control of the train

Question 2

what where the reds weakness

Answer 2

the consituate assembly 
didn't have support of the allies 
treaty of breast litovsk 
didn't have support of foreigners 
didn't have experience

Question 3

who did the foreigners not support

Answer 3

the red

Question 4

what was the name of the select police

Answer 4

Cheka

Question 5

who had the support of the businessmen landowners

Answer 5

whites

Question 6

who did the alias support

Answer 6

whites

Question 7

what where the whites strengths

Answer 7

had military support from the alias
the support of the Czechs
the task if they could get him
were very experienced

Question 8

weakness of the whites

Answer 8

ideological differences
the whites didn’t have a single leader
peasants didn’t want to lose land and they did nothin to win support from them
many of the alias army felt they had more in common with the reds

Question 9

when did Trotsky become war commissar and why

Answer 9

13 march 1918 because he was ensuring discipline and keeping army morale high

Question 10

what happened in May 1918

Answer 10

the Czech Legion refused to lay down arms and joined the whites

Question 11

why was the Czech legion dangerous

Answer 11

they had a large and experienced military force

Question 12

when was the Tsar killed and why

Answer 12

17 July 1918
because the whites had arrived where they were being kept prisoner and he could have brought a lot more support to the white

Question 13

what led to the red terror

Answer 13

Franya Kaplan failed assignation attempt on Lenin

Question 14

what was the red terror

Answer 14

it was when the Cheka would arrest and excute suspect people who supported the whites

Question 15

when would the red terror go in

Answer 15

after the reds had taken an area from the whites

Question 16

why did the Eastern Russia offensive fail and what date

Answer 16

18 November 1918

his army was split by disagreements and the reds army was able to force them to retreat

Question 17

what was the advance on Petrogrrad and Moscow how was ut stopped

Answer 17

it was the closest the whites got to winning

in Moscow - tricksy organised a brilliant counter attack that forced them to retreat

Question 18

what lead to the creation of the green army

Answer 18

the fact that the bolsheviks increased the grain tax on peasants which left them with nothing

Question 19

what happened to the green army after the whites had been defeated

Answer 19

once the whites had been defeated 100 thousand troops was sent to kill and used poison to killl the rest

Question 20

what where the reasons for the civil war

Answer 20

Moarchists who wanted to put the Tsar back into power 
Upper and middle class people who were in danger of losing everything 
Supports of the constituent assembly 
Other nationalities